Movin' On Episode 09 Hoots Nov 21, 1974
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00:00The White Line is the lifeline to a nation, and men like Will and Sonny make it move.
00:23A good hot cup of coffee is waiting up ahead, and the rhythm of the highway hums along.
00:31Jammin' gears has got to be a fever, hot men become addicted to the grind.
00:39It takes a special breed to be a truck-divin' man, and a steady hand to hold that load in time.
00:48Big wheels rollin', gotta keep them goin', big wheels rollin' movin' on.
01:00Does it say in there how hard it is to make them laugh?
01:18No, it doesn't.
01:20Well, just try it and see how far you get.
01:23I mean, the hoots may be god-fearin' hard-workin' people, but boy, are they strange.
01:30Is that right?
01:32Yeah, that's right.
01:37Well, maybe they wouldn't appreciate it.
01:41An endless series of waitress jokes.
01:48Over there.
02:49You guys haulin' for the hoots?
02:51Uh, yeah, I make a few runs for them every year.
02:54Every year?
02:56That's right. Is this your place?
02:59No, I'm just a neighbor of the guy who lost his farm.
03:03It's a nice farm.
03:05It was, until the hoots ran him out of business.
03:10Yeah.
03:11See ya.
03:18Is there any trouble?
03:19No, no, everything's fine.
03:22And I have to register for the land auction tomorrow.
03:25Okay, as soon as they tie those down, I'll haul them over to your place.
03:28Meantime, I think I'll go look for some bargains.
03:31That's fine.
03:37Now I'd like to present lot number 13.
03:40Assorted antiques, artifacts, and accessories.
03:43Beautiful, and all of them useful.
03:46First we have assorted wrenches, power gauges, and automotive tools with universal joints.
03:53Hey, I could use those.
03:55You've got every tool in the book.
03:57Yeah, but mine are old.
03:58I just want a bid.
04:00It's an auction, isn't it?
04:01Yeah, my bid's five dollars for the tools.
04:04Five dollars.
04:05Six dollars here.
04:06Six fifty.
04:07Make it seven.
04:08Seven fifty.
04:10Seven seventy-five.
04:11Eight dollars.
04:12Eight going once.
04:15Eight twice.
04:18Sold to the man in the jacket for eight dollars.
04:26Handmade apron.
04:28One dollar.
04:30Four dollars.
04:31Four dollars is bid from the gentleman.
04:33Four dollars is bid.
04:35Do I have a five dollar bid?
04:37Four dollars takes the beautiful apron.
04:46You bought her an apron.
04:47Yeah.
04:48Bought her an apron.
04:50No, uh, black mesh stockings?
04:52Black mesh stockings.
04:53Very funny.
04:55Could I have this in a bag, please?
04:56Did I hit her sore spot?
04:58No.
04:59No sore spot.
05:03She's different, you know.
05:04You don't meet people like her every day.
05:05You don't meet people every day who buy a set of universal joints for eight dollars either, do you?
05:09Do you?
05:32No.
06:00No.
06:04I want to find her shoulders.
06:05No.
06:06Well, just forget it.
06:08Let's just, let's find a hose.
06:13Let's find a hose.
06:42Shh.
06:43Shh.
07:13We thank thee, our Lord, for this equipment.
07:17We will make good use of it.
07:19To glorify thy name, preserve our people in thy image.
07:24Amen.
07:32We'll go inside and have a drink.
07:34Great.
07:36Mr. Chandler, how was your day?
07:38Oh, fine.
07:39Just, just fine.
07:42We'll be able to start clearing land tomorrow, Mr. Chandler.
07:45Like I told you before, my name is Will.
07:47Well, I wouldn't want my father to think I was too forward.
07:52Oh.
07:54I brought you something.
07:56Oh, can I see it?
08:07Oh, it's beautiful.
08:10But I can't keep it.
08:13Why not?
08:15Well, you know, we have our own ways and styles.
08:18Yeah, well, it's not polite to refuse a gift, and besides, it wouldn't look good on me.
08:22I don't know about that.
08:31Thank you.
08:33I'll keep the bag.
09:00Don't tell me that's rhubarb wine.
09:03The Bible says a little wine for thy stomach's sake.
09:06Well, I'll have to start reading the Bible again.
09:13Hey, you had a little trouble back there at the auction, didn't you?
09:17They're not gonna burn us at the stake.
09:19At least there's some progress.
09:22Seemed like they were pretty mad to me.
09:26The man whose farm was auctioned wasn't a good farmer.
09:29We offered him harvest help several times, and each time he refused it.
09:34The loss of that farm was his fault.
09:38But George Hayward was his neighbor and doesn't see it that way.
09:46Why don't you go back to the rest of it?
09:50Perhaps you'd better go this way and come back this way.
09:58You mean we're gonna have to sneak this stuff in?
10:02Mr. Pruitt, I don't wish you to be involved.
10:10Hello, mother.
10:12Hello, son.
10:29I can see you've never been on a farm before.
10:31I know, those were goats.
10:34You know, I think you really like it here, more than you like to admit.
10:39Yesterday you said that being here made you feel restored, huh?
10:43I'll admit it's the kind of thing I think about.
10:46Is it hard being a widow here?
10:48With the entire colony praying for me, I should have had at least four children by now.
10:53What's holding you back?
10:55Well, men from the other colonies travel here looking for wives, but so far, uh-uh.
11:02Maybe a little contact with the outside world wouldn't hurt.
11:07What are you afraid of?
11:12Nothing.
11:15I'm not.
11:20What if I became a Hutterite?
11:23That's impossible. You have to be born one.
11:26They don't accept converts.
11:29You will be serious.
11:59No, Will, don't. Will, please, don't. Don't, don't, don't fight.
12:28Will, will you care for me at all? Please, please stop fighting.
12:58Will you do anything?
13:14I've sent for Hayward.
13:16Sent for Hayward? If those were my sheep, I'd have a different solution.
13:20I want him to hear about it from me personally. Perhaps he's not behind it.
13:23Now, who else could be behind it?
13:25Why don't you call a sheriff?
13:27No, not yet.
13:30You can't just keep turning the other cheek.
13:36Come again?
13:48How's your wing?
13:49I'm fine.
13:51How can you be so cheerful?
13:53Does it help to be sour? We'll survive this.
13:56You're wearing the wrong apron.
13:58I told you I can't wear that apron.
14:00Why don't you sit next to me?
14:17Thank you.
14:23Lord God, heavenly Father,
14:27grant us this gift, which we receive from a rich, meek, good hand, through Jesus Christ. Amen.
14:52Will you pass the bread, please?
15:21Thank you.
15:27Have you changed your mind about the land auction tomorrow?
15:30Can we go outside, please?
15:31Sure.
15:32Fine.
15:43Okay, what can I do for you, Mr. Hoffer?
15:46It's about our sheep.
15:49Yeah, I would have bought them.
15:51They were stampeded this afternoon.
15:54Three are dead, five are injured.
15:56It was done by two men in a jeep.
15:59Mr. Hayward, when Mr. Woodley was in trouble with his farm, we offered him manpower to help bring in his harvest.
16:06We wished him well, and he turned us down.
16:09He didn't want your help, and we don't need it either.
16:13I feel sure if you wanted to, you could speak to those who are responsible.
16:18I'll tell you what I'll do.
16:20I'll try to find out who did it.
16:24If you promise not to come to the auction tomorrow.
16:27We had nothing to do with the loss of that land.
16:29You had everything to do with it.
16:31You undercut everybody.
16:33Next year, it's going to be my farm.
16:35The year after that, his.
16:41That's only a fantasy of yours, Mr. Hayward.
16:44Oh, really?
16:47Well, if that's all you've got to say to me, I'm not going to lift one finger to stop what's going to happen.
16:52If you don't stop pushing, Hoffner, you're going to be driven out.
16:56Don't threaten him.
16:57Hey, how'd you like to get your ribs cracked?
16:59These friends of yours wouldn't stop me.
17:00How would you like that rocked on you?
17:08I apologize for them.
17:10Now, will you please leave, gentlemen?
17:22Do we really need that land, Father?
17:25You know we need that land.
17:27I'll be there.
17:28And I'm going to bid.
17:30What are you going to do if they start to muscle you?
17:32Nothing.
17:35We're going to be there.
17:36Right.
17:39My dinner is waiting.
17:44You said you cared about us.
17:46I want a promise from you that you won't fight.
17:53Ann, I...
17:54Will you make that promise for me?
18:22I got to get you out of here, man.
18:23You need to change the scene.
18:45Morning.
19:03Morning.
19:07You sleep all right?
19:09Yeah, like a log.
19:10I didn't even hear you leave.
19:12How long you been up?
19:14Daybreak.
19:16Oh.
19:17I guess I missed breakfast, huh?
19:20Yeah.
19:22What'd they have?
19:24Uh, hotcakes, coffee.
19:29Was any good?
19:30Nah.
19:32You know, just those big round things.
19:34I know, a lot of honey and butter and all that.
19:36Yeah.
19:37They put fruit inside.
19:38You forget something?
19:41Yeah, my breakfast.
19:42What else?
19:44You promised Ann.
19:47Oh, I forgot all about that.
19:50Yeah, truckers show and tell.
19:53Well, a trucker's life is kind of a moving around life.
19:58We travel all the way from the Florida Keys, where people do a lot of sailing in beautiful boats,
20:05all the way to Oregon, where sometimes the snow's so thick that it covers the trees like a blanket.
20:12Do you have no home?
20:14Oh, sure, the truck's our home.
20:16We take it with us.
20:17Every time you look out the window, you see something different.
20:20And we haul, uh, well, we haul eggs from the farms to the cities.
20:24We haul shoes from Boston to Texas.
20:28And that way the road's our school road.
20:32We see what people make and how they live.
20:36What if you're sick?
20:38Well, we take care of each other, or we stop and rest.
20:46Are people nice to you?
20:48That depends.
20:49Some people are really dogs and some are very friendly cats.
20:52Cats?
20:54He means friendly people.
20:57Cats aren't friendly. Dogs are friendly.
21:02Thanks.
21:03Uh, well, it's a, it's a way of speaking, a way of talking.
21:07Do you like the movies?
21:09Oh, yeah, yeah, they're great.
21:11And, uh, whenever we go to a movie, it's because there's, there's something special that we want to see.
21:16A musical or a comedy or an adventure.
21:18Now, an adventure is really great fun.
21:20It's also very educational.
21:26It depends on, like, where it's set, if it's, uh...
21:28Yeah, it's, uh, you know, there's just a lot of different ways to live.
21:32Stop this!
21:34Aaron, take your class.
21:38I want to talk to you.
21:53Mr. Hoffman, I'm sorry.
21:54No, no, no, it was not your fault.
21:56Ann is much too independent.
21:58We'll, we'll have to discipline her.
22:01We can't have our young people tempted.
22:03We need them here.
22:04But that wasn't why I came in.
22:08Our fuel delivery isn't going to be made.
22:12Why not?
22:14It wasn't explained to me.
22:16Well, they're trying to freeze you out.
22:18I'm afraid so.
22:21Well, I'll get the fuel for you.
22:23How soon do you need it?
22:25Without that delivery, everything comes to a stop.
22:27Cooking, heating.
22:28All right, what's the name of the guy that won't deliver?
22:30Oh, no, that's not the way.
22:31We'll find the oil somewhere else.
22:32Well, that's not going to solve the problem for him the next time.
22:36It's illegal, Eli.
22:37Will you get the law?
22:43You see?
22:44I still think we ought to pay that guy a visit.
22:46He's a man of action.
22:52I think you're really flipping out.
22:55Why?
22:57Oh, those people have a good attitude and a good way of life.
23:00Self-sufficient.
23:02If you're a dropout, it's a nice place to visit.
23:04I just wouldn't want to live there.
23:06You better watch who you're calling dropout, pal.
23:09Hey, pacifism has its place.
23:11I'd hate to tell you the number of guys I've seen get busted holding out that olive branch.
23:16Maybe.
23:17Those guys make their point.
23:19Well, do I have to have a partner who's making the same point?
23:25The road is my schoolhouse.
23:27Oh, come on.
23:29Those poor children.
23:30You really laid it out thick back there.
23:32I'm your schoolhouse, pal.
23:34If it weren't for me, your brain would have to be for lack of stimulation.
23:38Yeah, yeah.
23:39I know the kind of stimulation I need.
23:42And the kind that you need.
23:44Oh.
23:52Busy place.
23:53No places.
23:54Could we get a...
23:55Hey, bartender.
23:56Oh, hey.
23:57Honey, would you bring us a couple of beers?
23:59Thank you.
24:03Uh, yeah.
24:05Hi.
24:06Uh, could my partner and I buy you ladies a beer?
24:12We don't even know you.
24:14Well, I'm Sonny Pruitt.
24:15That's Will Chandler.
24:16Now you do.
24:18What do you fellas do around here?
24:20Truckers.
24:21We're just gonna be here a few days.
24:24Are you married?
24:26Nope.
24:28Is he?
24:29Nope.
24:31Okay.
24:33Okay.
24:34How would you two guys like to have a beer on us?
24:39That's the best offer I've had all day.
24:41We'll be right over.
24:45Those two ladies want to buy us a beer.
24:48Yeah?
24:50Nice.
24:52What's the matter with you?
24:53Hey, we came in here to have some fun.
24:55Will you get your head away from that place?
25:00What's eating you?
25:02Nothing, I'm feeling very generous.
25:03You go ahead and help yourself to both of them.
25:04What, you're gonna turn down two ladies who offered to buy us a beer?
25:09What do you want to do?
25:10You want to go back and join them in a community sing?
25:15That's not a bad idea.
25:17You're gonna blow the whole deal.
25:19Oh, take them over there to the table and put them on their tab.
25:24But wait a minute, they're not very big tippers.
25:29You warm them up.
25:33Here you go.
25:45He's just a slow starter.
25:57The idea started with Jacob and his son in 1530.
26:00It's based on the book of Acts, chapter 2.
26:04And that's supposed to make everything better.
26:10Well, those two chicks last night make everything better?
26:15They shared with me, man, they shared with you.
26:18You know what you call biblical?
26:20All I know is that that was the first time I really understood the Old Testament.
26:31It hit the tank.
26:34It's spewing that stuff all over the road.
26:37Well, if that bomb goes off, it's goodbye pacifist.
26:40Goodbye activist.
27:00Goodbye activist.
27:31What happened?
27:33Now they're using guns.
27:34They blew holes in that fuel tank.
27:36We had to dump it.
27:37You got to call the cops, Mr. Hoffner.
27:39I will after the auction.
27:41Why don't you just forget the auction?
27:44We need that land.
27:45We have a right to bid on it just the same as anyone else.
27:48All right, whatever.
27:49But on the way into town, we stop and see the sheriff.
27:52There won't be time.
27:53They want me to be late.
27:54We're going with you.
28:01Ladies and gentlemen, the land is exactly 140 acres.
28:06Includes three bedrooms, den home, this barn, and other outbuildings.
28:11The bidding will be confined to those who signed up.
28:15All right.
28:16The bidding starts at $20,000.
28:18I might bid 21.
28:1921.
28:20All right.
28:21All right.
28:22All right.
28:23All right.
28:24All right.
28:25All right.
28:26All right.
28:27All right.
28:28All right.
28:29I bid 21.
28:3021,000.
28:3121.
28:32Going for 22.
28:33Do I hear 22?
28:3422.
28:3522.
28:36Do I hear 23?
28:3722.
28:385.
28:39I bid 23.
28:4023 here.
28:4123.
28:425.
28:4324,000.
28:4424.
28:45Going for 24 unless I hear 25.
28:4725.
28:4925.
28:505.
28:5126.
28:54Don't stop now, Wade.
28:56That's all the money we could raise.
28:5826.
28:595.
29:0027,000.
29:04That's all I could do.
29:0627,000 going once.
29:10Going twice.
29:15Sold for $27,000 to the gentleman there.
29:18You just can't sell another farm to these people.
29:22You have a certified check.
29:23That's all I need.
29:29All right now, Mr. Hoffner.
29:32All hell is going to break loose.
29:35This is the last time you hoots do something like this.
29:48I apologize to everyone.
29:51I feel...
29:53contrite...
29:55and, uh, remorseful.
29:58I should not have allowed the children
30:01to be influenced by the temptations of outside life.
30:05I will never do it again.
30:09Explain why.
30:11I don't know.
30:13I don't know.
30:15Explain why.
30:19Our children are our only future.
30:23They must learn, as we have learned,
30:26the value of living together
30:29and working together
30:32for the good of all.
30:34To remind myself
30:36and the others
30:38of what I have done.
30:41I will eat alone
30:42for two weeks.
30:56Well, Mr. Hoffner,
30:58could we borrow your car to go into town for a while?
31:01Certainly.
31:02Thank you.
31:03If you see Ludwig, send him home.
31:05He's gone off somewhere.
31:07He's high-spirited, like his mother.
31:09He didn't agree with the discipline of the house.
31:12I think he's...
31:14testing, chasing rabbits somewhere.
31:16We'll have to discipline him, too.
31:18A reprimand will be enough.
31:34Hey, Sheriff.
31:37Hi.
31:38Sonny Pruitt.
31:39Will Chandler.
31:40What can I do for you?
31:41We came to press the charges.
31:43Well, after you called,
31:44I went to see the group I...
31:47I thought was responsible.
31:50They're all alibiing each other.
31:52Press charges on suspicion.
31:54They were threatened and shot at.
31:57The rights were threatened.
31:58What about the sheep?
32:00Mr. Chandler, I was born and raised here.
32:03I know what economic pressure does to people's feelings.
32:07Eli Hoffner's a fine man,
32:09but I gotta walk a middle line.
32:11That's not good enough.
32:13If I jail those men for suspicion,
32:16take them out of the field,
32:18it's gonna increase the pressure
32:19instead of decreasing it.
32:22They know I got my eye on them.
32:25It's the best thing to do right now.
32:29Yeah.
32:39Well, the Sheriff isn't a bad man.
32:40He has a difficult time with both factions.
32:43This will all quiet down.
32:47You can go now.
32:51Ludwig, where have you been?
32:54I went to town this afternoon.
32:58Well, go on, son. Speak.
33:02I heard some men talking.
33:04The man who owns the store where the candy is.
33:07Barber.
33:08Others, too.
33:11Go on, Ludwig. What did you hear?
33:13They were talking about setting a fire.
33:18They say where?
33:21They said our crops.
33:26You sure that's what they said?
33:28Yes, sir. They said our crops.
33:35What were you doing in town?
33:37Sneaked in to see a movie.
33:40What movie?
33:47Thank you for telling me. Go to your room.
33:53Maybe the boy was mistaken.
33:57No. Movies are forbidden.
34:00For him to come and confess that,
34:03it has to be true.
34:10The sheriff has been notified.
34:12He'll have patrols out,
34:14but there won't be more than two or three cars.
34:18We'll post guards every hundred yards,
34:20all around the perimeter of the fields.
34:23So if anybody sneaks in with a torch,
34:26we'll give an alarm.
34:28Mr. Pruitt here will have his...
34:30I've been trying to tell Mr. Hoffner this isn't a way to do it.
34:32You can't let those people just come in and...
34:37I'll forget it.
34:38We'll fill the water tank.
34:40We'll have it in the central place.
34:42That way if a fire starts, we'll drive over there.
34:44We'll have a good chance to keep it from spreading.
34:47Yes, and we'll post the guards,
34:49just before nightfall.
35:09Young ones are going to bed early.
35:13Are you going to help us?
35:17That's right.
35:20Why?
35:23Oh, son.
35:25We like you.
35:27They're confused.
35:29They think if you like them,
35:31then why don't other people?
35:33Because other people are jerks, that's why.
35:35You understand that?
35:36Oh, sonny, you're terrible.
35:38We must be forgiving to those people.
35:41I forgive you.
35:45No, not him.
35:47The other people.
35:49Come along now.
35:51Night.
35:53Night, boys.
35:58Even with little kids, you've got a big mouth.
36:00Yeah?
36:02Well, just what are you going to do
36:04if some joker comes up with a torch and starts a fire?
36:06I guess I'm going to play it by ear.
36:08You call that a set of principles?
36:17Park our cars in Smith's field,
36:19walk to the edge of the hoot field.
36:21When I give the signal, light the torches,
36:23throw them in the field and run.
36:25They won't stand a chance.
36:27No guns.
36:29Don't need guns.
36:31The hoots don't fight, just burn them out.
36:33That's all we have to do.
36:35Hey, thanks, guys.
36:39He's a good friend.
36:41Yeah, the best.
36:44Are you worried?
36:46No.
36:48Prepared.
36:50Disciplining doesn't bother you either.
36:53No.
36:55Nor the others.
36:57We've been through a lot together, all of us.
36:59And we love each other very much.
37:01That's colony life.
37:03People have no way of showing love
37:06unless they are living together.
37:09You know, if you have a disagreement
37:13and you're living in a colony,
37:15you can't just walk away from it.
37:17You must look them in the face
37:19and smile and say hello.
37:22You can't go on hating in a colony.
37:24You have to set things right
37:26by getting back to what you started from.
37:28These people come with their torches.
37:31And what?
37:34Well, we have to show them
37:37we are not like they are.
38:28¶¶
38:41¶¶
39:05What time you got?
39:07Midnight.
39:09Let's get started.
39:12¶¶
39:19There's 40 people in that colony,
39:21most of them women and children.
39:23Aren't you afraid something will happen
39:25if your fire gets out of control?
39:28Why don't you go back to the hoots?
39:31I don't know what you're talking about.
39:37How about it, Hayworth?
39:40Let's go.
39:47I'm not going out this door.
39:51We're going to go through that door
39:54or we're going to walk all over you.
39:58You may have to do that.
40:04Get out of my way.
40:10I said get out of my way.
40:12Get out of my way.
40:42¶¶
41:12¶¶
41:35I can't do it.
41:37He's asking for it, George.
41:39Go on, finish.
41:40¶¶
41:48No, leave him be.
41:51I said leave him be.
41:53Don't do anything, Hayworth.
41:54¶¶
42:23Now get out of here, all of you.
42:25¶¶
42:55¶¶
43:26You can call your people back.
43:29They won't be needed anymore.
43:33Ann, ring the bell.
43:35Yes, Father.
43:44I think I understand you better now.
43:48What's that?
43:50I was wrong.
43:51I was wrong.
43:55Mr. Hayworth.
44:02Sometimes I...
44:04I think only of our own growth.
44:07I lose sight of the fact there are other ways of life beside the Hutterite.
44:13I...
44:17I know how much the loss of your neighbor's land meant to you.
44:22To me, it was grazing ground.
44:25To you, it was much more than that.
44:28Let's work something out.
44:31We all need good neighbors.
44:34They're hard to come by.
44:37Thanks.
44:46Harper and I have straightened things out.
44:49I can't speak for Barber.
44:52Yeah, well...
44:54Thanks for bringing my partner back in one piece.
44:59Yeah.
45:17What the hell happened to you?
45:18You look like a man who was run over by a diesel and Hayworth looks like he was driving it.
45:22What happened?
45:25I tried.
45:27You tried what?
45:35Why don't you ask Eli?
45:44Goodbye.
45:46Goodbye, honey.
45:48Mom, I have something for you.
45:51We've all signed it with our love inside.
45:58Thank you.
46:01We'll never forget what you've done for us, Will.
46:08I tell you, I couldn't do it every day and...
46:12I don't know how you people have kept on doing it.
46:15It's...
46:17It's something one learns, like love.
46:45Maybe Mr. Hayworth made his peace with the Hoots, but I don't think Mr. Barber did.
47:09Guess who?
47:16Come on out of there.
47:20Still hauling for the Hoots, huh?
47:23Well, it's a living.
47:25Well, maybe Hayworth's through with them, but I'm not.
47:28What do you got in mind?
47:30Open her up.
47:33I'm going to scatter them out.
47:35Take the Hoots a week to find them.
47:37If you won't open it up, I will.
47:43I wouldn't try it.
47:45What are you, pacifists like your friend?
47:52Looks like George patched you up some.
47:57Open it up.
48:00I'm not a pacifist.
48:02I'm not a pacifist.
48:04I'm not a pacifist.
48:05Open it up.
48:20Okay, would any of you like to try my pacifist partner?
48:36Well, that's your will that we know and love.
48:43We drive all night, we can get to New River in the morning.
48:47But I sure don't like it.
48:49You don't? Why not?
48:51Because we're driving for another Hoot colony.
48:54What? All right, cut.
48:56But we won't stay very long, okay?
48:59Well, it's okay by me. I'm a peace-loving man.
49:03Oh, yeah?
49:05I should have known that when you bought the apron.
49:35Oh, yeah.